The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It might almost be thought, from the tone assumed by the Tory papers, if people were not aware that those jour nals could know nothing' about the matter, that the diminu tion of the expense of the projected coronation was directly op p os ed to the wishes of her Majesty, when in fact every arrangement upon the subject has met with her entire con currence. The Queen was from the first anxious that only such an expenditure of the public money as could not be avoided should be made, and that her subjects should not be called upon to pay a vast sum for a mere show, full of an tiquated absurdity and feudal nonsense, the vain pageantry of which, as we said on a former day, in no way contri butes to the solemnity of the occasion. For this conside rateness and forbearance we are confident the people feel duly grateful, more particularly when they reflect that our Queen is at an age when a display of splendour and royal magnificence might not unreasonably be expected to have their attractions for a youthful mind. It affords additional proof of the strength of Her Majesty's under standing, and is eminently consisteet with the whole course of her conduct since she came to the throne, and with the excellent principles instilled into her mind by education under the anxious superintendence of her illustrious parent. The reason why the Tories are so disconcerted at the whole affair is obvious enough. Setting aside their vexa tion and disappointment at not being permitted to have any hand in the nomination of the new Peers, they do not for get, nor will the natiou, that they were at the head of affairs when nearly 250,000/. were expended upon the coronation of George IV. ; whereas the Whigs were in office when only about one-tenth of that sum was laid out upon the coronation of William IV., and the Whigs will be in office when something like the same amount will be re quired for the coronation of Queen Victoria. The Tories cannot endure the contrast ; the Whigs have " a daily beauty in their lives" as public men, which snakes the Tories " ugly," and therefore the cry has been raised that "needless and unbecoming par simony" has " shorn the coronation of its accustomed splendours," &c. How is such parsimony " needless" at the very moment when the Tories are chuckling that the revenue this quarter is deficient, or how is it " unbecom ing" when the Queen herself has expressly enjoined that the public purse shall not be called upon to contribute more than is necessary for the due performance of the so lemn rite ? Can anything be more contemptible, more paltry, or more pitiful than the conduct of the Tories ? They would cramp the service of the state by withholding a few hundreds out of personal spite to an exalted No- Fbleman, dispatched on perhaps the most important Mission ever entrusted to an individual ; and yet, for he sake of ingratiating themselves, as they foolishly imagine, with certain persons about the Court, and for the sake of accusing the Ministers of the Queen of " needless and unbecoming parsimony," they affect (for all time world knows it to be mere affectation) be anxious that a quarter of a million, derived om the pockets of the people, should be lavished upon an empty spectacle. We have called this con duct contemptible, paltry, and pitiful: the terms are o mild : it is nothing short of base and disgusting hypocrisy. The tone assumed by some of our Contempo ram ies is amusing enough. Hear the Morning Post—the gazette of the se;vants' hall and the boudoir—the butler's oracle and lady's-maid's delight—how it pretends to be ac quainted with the notions and sentiments of the higher and educated orders. " From the opportunities we enjoy (quoth the Post) of estimating the predominant opinions and feelings of various classes of society in Great Britain, we have no hesitation-to declare that of all the unpopular acts committed by the present Administration, the in tended curtailment of the ceremonies which belong by an cient usage to the coronation of her Majesty is the most repugnant to the feelings and taste of the nation at large." Take it so, strange as such language may seem in the mouth of a Contemporary alio has always been accusing the present Ministry of hunting after popu larity to the sacrifice of the great interests of the State ; if this he such an " unpopular act," surely Lord Melbourne and his colleagues deserve credit for making a bold sacrifice of popularity for the sake of discharging their duty to the nation in avoiding, under the express directions of her Majesty, any unnecessary ex penditure of the public money. But the Post knows that it is talking utter nonsense when it advances any such statement ; and what really grieves our Contemporary is, that Ministers by this course have secured to themselves not merely the approbation of the Queen, but the sincere good-will and entire confidence of the great body of her subjects. If Ministers had actually incurred general cen sure for thus saving more than 200,000/. to th e p eo pl e , th e Post would have been vastly too much delighted to be angry. The Post would persuade the world that it " enjoys the opportunity of estimating the predominant feelings and opinions" of the great body of the nation, and the Herald e ould make its readers (no very incredulous class of per sons) believe that it is quite in the secret of the Court as to the usual creation of Peers at a Corona tion. " Among the names we observe" such and such, says Grandinamma, concludin g that the mai den aunts and governautes she addresses will, of course, take it for granted that she speaks from scarcely less ant hority than that of the porter's wife's sister's cousin at St. James's. Then, after the usual complaint against " Whig economy," Grandinamma very naturally takes up the cause of her sex, laments that " the age of chivalry is past," and that the Queen is not to be allowed a champion, at a time when she has a champion in every man in her dominions. Whatever may be the fact with the age of chivalry, hap pily the age of wanton expenditure is past, and will not re turn unless the Tories return to power ; and it is just worth noting that the mere hire of the charger for the champion of George IV. cost the country 1181. This is what Grandmamnia calls prescrviug " old institutions of ancestral glory," and then she talks very learnedly, as if they had some !emote connection with the subject, about Cressy and Poictiers. We do not wonder she omitted A gin -court, into which we must suppose the cid lady had been wandering, in order to account for her senile and in coherent garrulity.—Morning Chronicle. A variety of tcpics, none of them of grave importance, but all des era ing- a passing allusion as indicative of the state and spirit of the time, at present claim our attention. We shall dismiss them with a foie words, for to the think ing and intelligent they scarcely need commentary, and to the unthinking, the factious, or the prejudiced, it would require more time and space than the subjects merit or the conversion of such readers would be worth, to enter upon their full exposition. Foremost amongst these second-rate topics stands the procession of the Trades, which, as we had previously noticed, took place yesterday, and which we are rejoiced to say passed off without any disturbance ; not that we apprehended any disturbance from those taking . part in the procession, hut, as we before stated, we cer tainly had misgivings, lest evil-disposed persons should en deavour to interrupt the order of the procession, or excite confusion, in order to facilitate the purposes of plunder or violence. Our fears in this regard were proved groundless by the result, but our opinion as to the futility and im policy of the procession itself was but too fully verified. Intemperate, or self-interested persons may vilify and abuse us for the frank and fair expression of our opinions, because, forsooth, these opinions tend more to the elevation of the general condition of the working classes than to the gratification of the paltry ambition, or still more paltry vanity of those who would ar rogate an exclusive right of dictating to these classes their most politic course of action under all varieties of circum stances ; but this shall not deter us from the fearless per formance of a great and solemn public duty. We repeat, that the procession of yesterday was injudicious, uncalled for, has proved to be ineffective, and that the Trades should reserve the exhibition of their strength for more important purposes than merely to grace the violent and inflated de clamationof a few retailers of clap-trap, who strut and fret their little hour as heroes of the scene, luxuriate in the excess of their own importance, and provided they can get a few of their less loquacious, but more rational fellow tradesmen, to listen to their cut-and-dry pieces of oratory, fancy they may abuse all who, desirous only of the popular good, would limit these displays to fitting occasions, and riot encourage them for the mere purpose of theatrical de clamation. We care not for such abuse—friends are often abused for the best advice ; but we ask the trades to dis miss all prejudice from their minds, and consulting only that `1 ood sense and reason for which they are distinguished, hat good have they effected by their procession- of yes rday ? Would they not have been more suitably en ged, enjoying the comforts of their own firesides, or even he amusements of Greenwich fair, than in making a fool h, objectl e s s p rocess i on ? W e p ause f or a r eply. The ' other topics which we intended to embrace in our present commentary, are the proceedings of the Marylebone ves- try, in reference to maintaining the power of imprisonment for debt in the local courts ; a power which the parties desirous of retaining strangely pronounced to be unjust and tyrannical, yet contended for, as necessary to the security Of the creditor ; the rabid anxiety of the Aldermen of Lon on to treat her Majesty to a dinner at her Coronation , *thous which they appear to consider that ceremony in tete mp ; and the mountainous throes of the Times to ring about hostilities between t hi s countr y and the Unite d tates ; but these we may safely lea ve to the ridicule and Contempt which an examination of the circumstances cannot fail to excite in the minds of all rational men.—Morning Advertiser. At the risk of disturbing some settled opinions—and, Tories as we are, we love settled opinions in the general— we must express our conviction that the Whigs do not emi nently succeed in being pleasant, and witty, and all that sort of thing, upon political subjects. Now, we know that they think, and have-long thought, that they do, but they may take our word for it (though perhaps they wont) hat they do not. In the old days of the Morning Chro aide and the Edinburgh Review there was to be sure some :un among them. When Byron was alive, and Moore was young, and Sydney Smith was poor, and Brougham was fresh ; and before Popery and Benthamism had diffused over the party a vile spirit of craft, and a cold brittle crust of self-conceit, there was imagination and mirthfulness in their villainy. But these times have gone, and for any thing that at present appears there is no chance of their return. Before the Examiner turned into a mere toady of the Melbourne Government there was a good deal of sharp wit in it, which has now degenerated into small puns, and other such dish-water of literary pleasantry—mere wash ings, as it were, of the vessel where good things have been. But in the best days of its witty Radicalism, the Examiner lacked humour, and especially good humour. It had not that which Persius so delicately ascribes to Horace--- Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico Tangit, et admissus, eircum prcordia ludit, Callidus excusso populum suspendere naso ;" Thus translated with matchless felicity by old Gifford, who so long wielded the editorial sceptre of the Quarterly Re view, and smote therewith many a Whig Thersites till he howled again— Arch Horace, while he strove to mend, Probed all the follies of his smiling friend; Play'd lightly round and round the peccant part, And won unfelt an entrance to the heart ; Well skilled the follies of the crowd to trace, And sneer with gay good-humour in his face." This, the Examiner could not do in its best days, and now —ugh ! let us say no more about it. Of all disgusting things the hireling servility of genius is the most loathsome. Perhaps our readers will ask whither do these observations tend ? It is in truth time to tell them, for our purpose in be ginning this article was to say a few words about the attempt ed pleasantries of the Chronicle of this day, or to speak more "by the card," of yesterday, morning. Eheu! quan to mutatus ab illo ! Was ever a newspaper so changed? Perry's Chronicle was chronicled champagne, but the Chro nicle of these days is indeed " chronicled small beer," and nothing better. Sour small beer—there is acid, but only a little, and no sparkling carbon—no mounting alcohol. It is most flat. If it provoke a smile it is at the absurdity, and not at the wit. Let our readers only suppose a small flourish of Whig trumpets—an opening sentence indicating —" we mean to be very witty and pleasant this morning" —and then imagine such manufacture as the following : " Never, perhaps, since the world began was there such a set of discontented people as the Tories. Nothing can satisfy them. They are resolved not to be pleased, though there are abundant reasons for satisfaction." The beauty of this pleasantry as ap?lied to a party whose characteristic is resistance to political change, and by a party who are unceasingly proclaiming their discontent with established institutions, and trying to alter them—the beauty, we say, and peculiar applicability of this pleasantry must be quite obvious. But let us read a little further in this same witty article, and we find•it set down thus : " We own we cannot wonder at the state of mind in which the Tory party now find themselves. They have a right to be most thoroughly out of humour with everything." Putting these two passages together, it appears that though the Tories have abundant reasons for satisfaction, yet they hare a right to be most thoroughly out of humour ; and though they are the most discontented people that ever were in the world, yet there is no wonder at the state of mind in which they find themselves. All this, we grant, is nonsense, but all nonsense is not pleasantry. On the contrary, there is such a thing as dull nonsense, and as stupid nonsense ; and we think the above composite ac count of the state of the Tories must be admitted to belong to the latter class. Here is another specimen of the wit of the Morning Chronicle :-- " There is a soul of goodness in things evil, observes a great authority; but they (the Tories) cannot find out even this soul. They are not only political immaterialists, but they deny the very existence of the soul." Immaterialists denying the existence of the soul! Here we must confets that the erudition and the wit are about equal to one another. Alas, poor Chronicle! Our wit— Whig-Radical wit, be it observed—then proceeds to in dulge in the following pleasant paroxysm or paroxysm of pleasure—for it is obviously intended to appear to be both . " They (the Tories) are delighted to observe that the ac counts both of the whole year and of the last quarter, are somewhat unfavourable, and show a decrease in the income of the country." Well, we proceed onwards, and presently we learn from the same authority that these same Tories see " Our commerce thriving, our manufactures flourishing, our agriculture prosperous, and our revenues, though temporarily (I:pressed, gradually improving ./.,- When the Tories were in office the Whigs often in sisted that they wore intoxicated with power—now that they are not in office it is only insinuated that they see double as to the state of the country, just as they are per mitted to feel double with regard to their own position. They have " abundant reason for satisfaction," and yet have " a right to be out of humour with everything"— they are delighted to " observe" the bad state of the re -1 venue, and yet they " see' that everything is in a favour ' able condition! But the best hit of all is that they see at one and the same time the public revenues temporarily de- I pressed and gradually improving. There the Chronicle out did itself—let the ingenious writer stick to that, and he'd win to a positive certainty.—Morning Post. According to letters from Valparaiso, it appears that when the ports of Chili were blockaded by the Peruvian vessels, as formerly noticrd, the Chilian Goverment had also laid an embargo on their side en all vessels in harbour. This embargo, it seems, was wantonly continued, to the great da mage of commerce and shipping, after the motive fur it had ceased, by the departure of the enema's cruisers, probably under the pretence of preparing another expedition against Peru. On the 22(1 of December the captain of the port of Valparaiso refused leave for the sailing of the British brig packet, hound for Cobija. Captain Sullivan, Commodore on the station, demanded an explanation, but all satisfaction being refused him, he instructed the commander of the brig to put to sea ; upon which the authorities dispatched after the packet a Chilian sloop of war, called the Colocolo, and the Commodore, on his part, sent the Rover for protection. Whether actual hostilities ensued does not appear. A misun derstanding had also been provoked with the French Consul, on account of peremptory orders having been given to M. Hubert for his instant departure, without cause assigned, against which the Consul entered a formal protest—Morning Paper. AYLESBURY, APRIL 10.—At the Bucks S2ssions, which were held last week at Aylesbury, before Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., Chairman, and a full bench of M igistratev, Dr. Lea. L. L. D., of Hartnell-house, brought forward his pro. mised motion respecting the removal of the assizes from Buck ingham, and in an elaborate speech stated the inconvenience and disadvantage arising to the county from holding the assizes at Buckingham. The expense to the county would be dimi nished, and the safety of the prisoners secured, and some of the jurors, witnesses, &c., would be saved the trouble of tra velling about fifty miles to the summer assizes. The learned doctor concluded by moving for a Committee to inquire into the expediency of removing the summer assizes from Ducking, ham to Aylesbury. Mr. R. Barker seconded the motion. Mr. Comington, of Missenden, considered the question of great importance to the interests of the county, and in an elo quent speech supported the motion. Sir T. Fremantle and Sir T. Chetwode opposed it ; and after some discussion the Court divided—for the motion, 10 ; against it 14. A letter of the 15th ult. from Palermo informs us that the rain fell with such force and abundance, from the sth to the 12th, that the environs of the city have been completely inundated, and several small towns and villages have sustained serious damage. At Mezzojoso 120 houses have been de stroyed by the earth giving way. At Saint Joseph delle Mor telle, 18 miles off, a fall of tho superincumbent earth took place in the morning of the 11th, and between six and nine o'clock four-fifths of the buildings were overwhelmed. The inhabitants, 5,000 in number, had time to fly, and found refuge in the neighbouring villages ; but all their property was lost. The amount of damage is immense, as they had recently be come very prosperous, and had 20,000 tons of wine in the bonding warehouse. We find in the Castellano of Madrid the following particulars of the career of Basilic) Garcia :—" Basilio Garcia, after having been a soldier, a corporal, and a sergeant during the War of Independence, was promoted in 1815 to the rank of Lieutenant of a regiment of African infantry, and from that after the affair of the 21st July, at Castalla, passed in 1912 to a regiment of the Crown. Hi s p h ys i cal force, and the rough ness of his character, caused him to be chosen to fill the situa tion of Adjutant-major, and he occupied this rank till the time when the expedition of Nlorillo for America was orga nised. He returned from America in 1824 with the title of Colonel, and was appointed Commandant of Arms at San Lucar, and afterwards at Segovia, in 1828. He next obtained the administration of the commandary of Log,reno, and it was there that he declared for the party of Don Carlos, and organised a band in his service. Basilio is at present fifty seven years old, his height five feet six inches; his health has always been robust, his character blunt, and he is totally without education. GREENACRE OUTDONE.—Accounts from Bag neres (Hantes Pyrenees) the 25th of March, state that the arrondissement of Bagneres de Bigoire, has just been the theatre of an atrocious crime. A man has been murdered, first, by means of a heavy mallet for splitting wood ; then bled from the throat ; and, finally, dispatched by repeated blows of a hatchet. The limbs were then separated from the trunk, the trunk enclosed in a charcoal sack, and the whole, after being carried across precipices the highest of the mountain, thrown into a deep hole of the depth of 150 feet. The unhappy victim lived with his wife, a young woman of 22, and his mother-in-law, in a dilapidated cottage, situated in the wildest part of the common, called the Hante Nortez. He had for some time lived on bad terms with these two women, on the subject of some disputes about property, in termixed with some jealousy of another female ; and they ap pear to have determined with the most deliberate preme ditation, to get rid of him by violence. Both assert their I claims to the largest share in the murder. Both with un precedented gang froid have detailed all the frightful minutiae of the event, which surpass in horror all that has been re corded of similar deeds of blood. These two women are at present under the hands of justice in the prison of Bagneres. The unhappy victim of their revengeful atrocity was a Spaniard. —Consstituttonnel, ELECTION COMMITTEE. (YESTERDAY.) THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1838. HULL. The Committee assembled this morning,* at ten o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, but on the names being called over, one was absent. Sir GRORGE STRICKLAND, the Chairman, then addressed the Counsel and agents, and informed them that he had re ceived a letter from Mr. Frederick Dundas, apologising for his absence, which was occasioned by the illness of his mo ther, Lady Caroline Dundas, at Brightog. The Hon. Member had taken the precaution to inclose/the medical cer tificate of the professional men attending Lad y Dundas, which he ( Sir George Strickland) would read for the satisfaction of all parties. The certificate went to say that Lady Caro line Dundas had been attacked with an alarming affection of the head, and it was regularly signed by a physician anda surgeon. Under these circumstances the Chairman said there was no other alternative left but to adjourn until the sitting of the House, then to make a report to the Speaker, but he was not satisfied whether they should meet on the day of assembling of Parliament, or the one after. His impression was that they should meet him on the same day ; if he was in error, Counsel would set him right on the point. Mr. RUSHTON apprehended, from the 43d section of the Act, the Committee were bound to report to the House the Absence of any one of their Members before proceeding to business, otherwise their acts would be invalid. In his read ing of the case, the report should be made immediately on the sitting of the House. Mr. HILL said that was exactly the law of the case, as stated by his Learned Friend. The- Committee, however, was bound to sit an hour, unless the parties on both sides agreed to dispense with it. Mr. TIMIGIR remarked that the course they had to take was quite clear. In the absence of an Honourable Member the Committee could only sit for one hour after, until a report was duly made to the House, when the Speaker would be at liberty to order them to proceed in the absence of that Mem ber. Therefore nothing remained but to adjourn over to Wednesday, the 25th, then to report, and afterwards to pro ceed as directed. As respected the sitting of an hour, he did not see the necessity of it, and he would on the :part of his clients consent to an immediate adjournment. Sir W. You:so—lt is quite plain that we cannot sit in the absence of a member without reporting to the House. Even should it so happen that Mr. F. Dundas was able to attend before the meeting of the House, the Committee could not procred to business without, in the first instance, reporting what had cccurred. It only, then, remains to say to which day we shall adjourn. Ido not think we can exceed Wed nesday, the 25th. 1 Several members directed that the room should be cleared, ! and the Counsel remained with the Committee in consultation. On the door being opened, The CITAIRXIAN said—This Committee stands adjourned to Wednesday, the 23th instant, at three o'ckek, then to sit for an hour previous to making a report to the House. The parties then separated. THE WOMAN HUSBAND. Subsequent inquiries confirm the truth of the statements made in the Guardian of Wednesday last, as to this singular case. This woman-man, who, for probably more than five-and-twenty years, has succeeded in concealing her sex, and in pursuing a trade of a more than oidinarily masculine and hazardous description, with a degree of still and ability which has led to her establishment in a good business in this town, bound herself apprentice, at the age of 16 or 17 years, to a Mr. Peacock, a bricklayer and builder at Bawtry, a small market town in the West Rid ing of Yorkshire, on the river Idle, which separates the coun ties of York and Nottingham. She did not remain with Mr. Peacock during the whole period of her apprenticeship, but was " turned over," as it is called, to another person in the same business. It was during her apprenticeship that she met with her present wife; and they were married at the Old Parish Church of Sheffield, in the year 1516, when the wife was only 17 years of age. Since the investigation and dis closure of the circumstances on Thursday week, the wife and husband 'nave separated. She was for many years a special constable, in the 13th division of that body, acting- for this town ; and we are assured that, on all occasions, where the services of the division were required, as at elections, orange processions, and meetings of trades' unions, turn-outs, &c. &c. ; so far from absenting herself front what, as in the case of well-grounded apprehensions of a riot, must have been, to a woman, a post of some unpleasant ness, she is remembered to have been one of the most punctual in attendance, tied the most forward volunteer in actual duty, in that division. We understand that she is only no longer a special constable, because she did net, on the last an• nual special session, held for that purpose at the New Bailey, present herself to be resworn. She was not dis carded or discharged ; there was no complainst against her ; and probably the extension of her own business was her only motive for not resuming the duties of this office. Altogether, this is by far the most singular case of the kind which has ever reached our knowledge. The celebrated Chevalier D'Eon was not married ; and Janice Davis (so-caked), the discovery of whose sex took place only after death, bad not been married for so long a period as the woman whose Case is now under notice. There, too, the discovery was made too late to obtain from the party herself any clue to the motives which led her to so unfeminine a course of decep tion ; but here both parties to the supposed marriage are alive, ee.d the one who assumed the male sex is still alive to give, if she chooses, the true history of her reasons or fancy for laying mile the garb and character of her own, and assuming the appearance, and undertaking the toil of the other sex, which would certainly he a very curious chapter of hhgraphy— jlancliester Guardian of Saturday last. EX EC UTION.—On Saturday last John Cleary, who was convicted at the Kilkenny Assizes for the murder of John Noonan, at Drumdowney, near Waterford, on the I ith of September last, underwent the extreme penalty of the law in front of our county prison. He appeared to be very penitent and quite resigned, to most the awful fate which awaited him. Previous to being placed on the fatal drop he made a full con fession of his guilt in the press-roorn,in presence of the Roman Catholic clergyman by whom he was attended, and a few other individuals ern() happened to be in the room at the moment. Ile said, " Gentlemen, what I have to say to you is this—now that I am going to die, I do not wish to leave the world with a lie in my mouth. No one had hand, act, part, or krn, vled,ge of the crime I am about to suffer for but myself, and I hope you will pray for me. For the words I said the other day in the Court House, I am very sorry ; but it was in a passion they were said, for the flesh is weak. I f or give all who had a hand in bringing me to this, and I hope God will pardon t he m and me. What has brought me to this I hope will be the mean through repentance, of sending my soul to Heave n in stead of to Hell." The unhappy culpi it then remained in riper with the clergyman for a short time, after which the executioner adju , ted the rope and drew the cap over his face. The unfortunate man all this time did not betray the slightest fear, but submitted to his fate with a ppa re nt fortitude and re signation, and stood quite fi r m o n th e f a t a l drop previous to being turned off. After h a ngin g th e usual time the body was cut down and subsequently interred in the gaol yard.--Kil henny Moderator. POULTRY AND EGGs.—Tbe public are not, per haps, generally aware that a very large portion of the poultry and eggs produced in this district find their way to the London market. The rapid communication which is now afforded to all parts of the country by means of the steam vessel and steam-steed, has, in fact, completely revolu tionized the provision trade of the district, and local con sumption or local demand has become almost a matter of secondary import. On Wednesday last there were tw o whole sale egg-merchants in our poultry-market, who pur chased most extensively at an average of 41d. per dozen; aed it is understood that, but for the outlet afforded in this manner, the immense supply would have depressed the article to 3d. or 31d. per dozen. These eggs are usually conveyed to Carlisle, where they are sold to the Newcastle dealers, under whose care they are whisked along the rail road to the latter place, and then shipped in the New castle steamers to London, which usually perform the passage in thirty hours. The package and land carriage of ware so brittle is not the least important part of the business. Occasionally the eggs are put into boxes in the open market, but the most frequent mode is to place a layer of straw in the bottom of the cart, and then cover it with eggs, and so closely are these paved, that it is scarcely possible to insert the bulk of a bean in any part. This done, another stratum of straw and another of eggs are added, and so on until the body of the cart is filled ; and so compactly is the mass built together, that you may place a lading of meal on the top without the slightest injury to the cargo below. In this way many hundred dozens are exported, and the damage at unpacking will not amount to more than a score in the total lot. Hens and pullets, too, have been extensively purchased by the Edinburgh carriers at from ts. to Is. sd. per bead. These are carefully fed on the road, and either supply the Edinburgh market or find their way alive to the market of Leadenhall, in London, by the. Edinburgh and London steamers. The long travel, instead of injuring the condition, acts as a species of stall-feeding to the feathered bipeds, and they generally leave a handsome profit behind.—Dumfries Paper. SWINDLING.—Some days since a fashionably dressed gentleman called at the establishment of Mr. Groves, a merchant-tailor, in the Blackfriars-road, and gave an order for a suit of clothes. The order was accordingly executed with all requisite expedition, and on Thursday last the gen tleman again called to inquire whether the clothes were finished. Mr. Groves was not himself at home, but his son, who acts in his absence, informed the stranger that thes y u m it en w t as u a note, to be of the Bank of England for 20/ i e t p re u a r d p y o , rt w in h g en he immediately presented in pa •, 11' !CAA ap peared to have been torn , but the halve s of which were after wards pasted together. Young Mr. Groves, not having suffi cient cash to balance the account, called on Mr. Silcox, a neighbour, for change, which was immediately given. The clothes having been delivered, and the account settled, the " customer" took his departure, after repeated assurances of future patronage. What was the astonishment, however, of Mr. Silcox to find that, on the note being presented for pay ment, it was stopped at the Bank for the following reasons, viz., that although the first half of the note was for 201., the latter half was only for 101., and that both b e l onged to notes that had been stolen. The advantages derivabl e to t h e per petrators from this system of fraud are at once observable, and the public cannot exercise too much caution in inspect ing the numbers of notes, to guard against such wholesale swindling. A similar occurrence to that related above hap pened to a gentleman in the same neighbourhood a few years ago, which afterwards gave rise to the most vexatious judicial proceedings at Union-hall. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, MONDA r The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each ; for three years old, 6st ; four, Bst. 4lb ; five, Bst. 131 b ; six and aged, 9st. 51b. A.F. 8 Subs. Mr. Bird's Redshank, 5 yrs... C. Edwards 1 Gen. Grosvenor's Dwdalus, 3 yrs Lord G. B en ti nc k' s Th e B o d a Ch Glas, 3 yrs 3 The following also started : -Lord Jersey's Mendicant, 5 yrs ; Mr. Greville's Hock, 5 yrs ; Mr. Thornhill's Mendizabal, 5 yrs ; Mr. Sowerby's Ruby, 4 yrs ; and Colonel Peel's Paganini, 3 yrs. 2 to 1 against Paganini ; 3 to 1 against Redshanks ; and 6 to 1 against Heck-taken. Won by two lengths. All were placed. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each Ab. NI. 14 Subs. Lord G. Bentinck's Seth, 3 yrs, 6st. 131 b. W. Day 1 Mr. Sowerby's Scamander, Arachne c., 4 yrs, Bst. 61b The following were not placed :-Lord Exeter's Cerban, 4 yrs, Bst. 121 b ; Mr. T. A. Smith's Redcar, Slight c., 4 yrs, Bst. 21b ; Duke of Richmond's Skillegolee, 4 yrs, 7st. 131 b ; Mr. Holdsworth's Combat, 4 yrs, ist. 121 b; Lord Albemarle's Gil Blas , 4 yrs , is t . 141 b ; Mr. Tilbrook's La Meprisee, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b ; Sir S. Gra ham's Avon, 4 yrs, 7st ; Lord Jersey's Joanna f., 3 yrs, 6st. 21b ; Mr. Greville's Sister to Helga, 3 yrs, 6st. •21b; and Mr. Osbal deston's Streamlet f., 3 yrs, sst. 131 b. 4to 1 against Seth-taken ; 5 to 1 against Corban ; 5 to 1 against La Nleprisee ; 6 to 1 against Streamlet--taken ; 6 to 1 against Combat ; 7 to 1 against Gil Bias. Won by a length. Handicap of l 0 gs. each. T. Y. C. 6 Subs. Lord Suffield's Arsenic, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b. G. Edwards 1 Lord Albemarle's Basil, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b Colonel Peel's Castaway, 6 yrs, 9st ... 3 Mr. Greville's Hock, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b. Mr. Bond's Ceriolanus, 6 yrs, Bst. 81b bolt. sto 4 agst Arsenic and sto 1 agst Castaway. Won by a head. The Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. Ab. M. 17 Subs. Lord Jersey's c. by Buzzard, out of Cobweb, Bst. 71b. Robinson 1 Mr. Thornhill'si c. lay St. Patrick, out of Surprise, Sst. 71b. 2 Mr. Ilouldsworth's c. by Sultan, out of Variety, Bst. 71b. 2tol on Cobweb and 3to 1 against Surprise. Won by two lengths easily. Sweepstakes of 150 cove. each, h. ft. , for fillies, Bst. 71b. A.F. 5 Subs. Lord Exeter's Romania Conelly 1 Mr. Greville's Morella Lord Chesterfield's Caroline Elvina 6 to 5 against Caroline, 6 to 4 against Romania-taken. Won by half a length. Match, 300, 100 ft. T.M.M.-Mr. Greville's Margo, Bst. 21b., received forfeit from Mr. o.,sbaldeston's Mahometan, set. 71b. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND WRESTLING SOCIETY. The annual contest amongst the natives of the above placrs, resident in London, took place on Saturday, at the Chalk Farm inclosure, in the presence of several hundred persons, amongst whom were several officers of the Guards, and elegantly attired females. The match has, for many years, come off on Good Friday ; but on this occasion the Magistrates interfered, and the ensuing day, one certainly ill adapted for a full attendance, was selected. The style of wrestling in the above counties is easy and tender, and it is altogether divested of that brutality w hich characteriz es man y other systems. The prizes were exceedingly numerous and valuable, and in order to afford a better opportunity of fair play, there were three classifications. The light weights for those not exceeding eleven stone, exclu sive of the military four prizes, t.vo silver watches and two snuff-boxes. Middling weights for those not exceeding twelve stone and a half, a silver cup for the first prize, a silver scatch and two snuffboxes; and for those above these weights, a like number of prizes. This classification was necessary, as the middling weights on former occasions stood but little or no chance with the military. The subscriptions in aid of the funds of the benevolent Institutions of Cumberland and West moreland, for the education of the youth and maintenance of the aged, had fallen in very rapidly, and a very handsome ad dition was made on Thursday by the gentlemen of the 2d Life Guards. The ring was on Saturday, as usual, staked out in the pigeon ground, and, at eleven o'clock, the candidates came up to be weighed in the presence of the stewards. Some of the first men of the day, as wrestlers, were upon the ground, but there were many unable to attend in consequence of their being engaged in large mercantile houses in the city, as the time approached for wrestling, the greatest anxiety prevailed, and plenty of money was being laid out out on the respective favourites. The leaping first took place, but did not occupy many minutes. It was to be standing leaps for a silver snuff box. John Gill, John Pattison, Nathaniel Bird, Henry Pencoal, and Thomas Itailton contended. It was won by. Railton of Workington, Cumberland, who cleared about 17 yards, DA beat his nearest adversary by about two inches. We subjoin a list of the respective falls, many of which drew down shouts of applause. LIGHT WEIGHTS. First Time 0 ier.—John Pattison beat Gill (hipped him) ; Addison iesigaed to Farridays, Gill to Clacket, Harrison to Waters, J. Pattison to Robert Taylor, Robson to Edward Dowson, end Jahn Pearson, who was absent, James Armstrong ; J. Allison beat Perceval (a cross-buttock) ; James Murray beat Richard Robinson, a back heel; Cooper beat Cartnor ; J. Beckwith beat Nlodling (a nap); J. Bock beat William Wright (hipped him); Robert Foster beat John Armstrong (back heeled him): George Kingitorn beat James Pearson; Wm. Brown beat Robert Graham ; George Bowstead beat Astley (hammed him); Thomas Hall beat Irving (back-heeled him); R. Margison beat G. Armstrong. Second Time Over.—George Blacket beat Robert Taylor a strike ; Murray beat Brasov, hipped him; G. Bovrstead beat .1. Pattison, hammed him ; Armstrong beat Forster a strike ; Margison beat Allison, back-heeled him (a beautiful bout, which drew immense applause) ; Cooper beat Kinghorn, a half cross-buttock ; Robert Dawson beat Beck. back-heeled him ; Farriday beat Waters, back-heel ; J. Beck resigned to Thomas Hall. Third Time Over.—Margison beat Cooper (a snap); Hall beat Blacket, hammed him ; Armstrong and bis man had a dog-fall, and in the next bout Armstrong back-heeled Bow stead ; Faraday beat Dawson, ba?k•heel, the loser maneuver ing for the buttock. Fourth Time Over.—Farraday wrestled with Murray (the odd man) and back-heeled him ; Armstrong beat Hall by strength, the winner kept him out and threw him by the crook. Fifth Time Over.—Margison beat Farraday (laid him down). Final Fall. —lt was a poor bout and does not deserve acorn merit; after about two minutes Margison hack-heeled him easily. MIDDLING WEIGHTS. First Time Over.—J. Allison beat G. Blacket, a cross buttock ; Astley beat Irving, a strike ; N. Brom+ beat F. Wright ; J as . A rms trong beat John Gill, back-heel; Robt. Hodgson beat Cooper, hipped him; H. Thompson beat Modlin,g ; Thomas Hall beat Wm. Wallace, a cross-buttock ; W. Nicholson beat Hurst ; Canner resigned to Robert Fors ter; Harrison resigned to J. Beck ; J. Pearson resigned to Dawson ; Graham to Bowstead; Addison to Kenghorn ; Faraday to Robert Gill ; G. Armstrong to Robert Taylor; Harris to Robinson; and J. Perceval to Henry Pattison, the former slipping his hold. Second Time Over.—Jas. Murray the odd man beat T. Hill, cross-buttocked him, a beautiful fall ; Win. Nicholson beat Robinson, back heel ; Forster beat Armstrong ; Robt. Gill beat Brown, back heel ; Kingham resigned to Allison ; J. Beck beat Boivshead, back heel ; J. Thompson beat Ed. Dawson, back heel ; Taylor resigned to Waters ; Hodgin to Astley ; and Beckwith to Perceval. Third Time Over.—Perceval beat Nicholson, a strike ; Walters beat Allison, a half buttock ; Robert Gill beat James Murray, back heeled him ; William Thompson beat Beck, back heeled him ; Robert Forster beat Astley, hooked him. Fourth Time Over.—Robert Forster beat John Armstrong, back heeled him ; Robert Gill beat Perceval, hipped him ; Thompson beat Waters by strength. Fifth Ti me Over.—Robert Gill beat Forster. In the final fall Gill and Thompson contended, the former tried to cross buttock the latter, and slipped his foot, leaving Thompson the winner. HEAVY WEIGHTS. This was confined to the military, and the men were almost of Herculean stature. _ _ First Time Over.—J. Hills beat Henry Mossop, a cross buttock ; James Robinson beat J. Nixon ; William Earl beat G. Brunscombe; Thomas Abrims beat William Brunskill ; Hills, jun., beat J. Temple, a slip ; Miller resigned to Rayne ; and Corporal Ray, who was absent, to Edward Dawson. Second Time Oven—Hills beat Dawson, a strike; Wren beat Robinson, back heel ; Earl beat Wills a cross buttock. Third time Over.—Abrims, the odd man, beat J. Hills. In the two succeeding falls Earl cross-buttocked Rayne, and in the struggle for the final fall Abrams, although thr owe, was declared the winner, as his adversary's knee had touched the ground first. It was nearly dark when the sport of the day terminated, and the heavy-weight matches certainly did not create so much interest as those previously. The prizes were presented after the dinner to the successful candidates. The match was well managed by the Stewards. In the light weights Margison received the first prize ; Armstrong, the second ; Ferriday, the third ; and Hall, the fourth. In the middle weights Thompson took the first prize; Gill, the second ; Foster, the third ; and Waters, the fourth. In the heavy weights Abrim took the first prize, and Earl the second. ~ADVERTISE } itENT.] - -CAUTION.—Curtis and Dolland's Observations Against the Use of Amber Specta cles, (second edition) on the Preservation of Sight, page 55 and 56.—Amber is a soft substance, and it is impossible to form it into a perfect lense, and a lense improperly constructed would prove most injurious to vision. Amber from the soft state of the material in moderate heat becomes sticky, and by cleaning the lense in a abort time the polish comes off; they also become scratched and completely blind. Glue, as to hardness of substance and colour, is considered much prefera ble ; they are much inferior either to glass or pebbles ; John Harrison Curtis, Esq., M. R. 1., Oculist Surgeon to the Royal Dispensary, and Lecturer on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology of the Eye and Ear, states it will probably be ex pected that I should say what I think of Amber Spectacles ; they have been recommended by several Oculists, and my patronage has been solicited for them; but surely those gentle men who have sanctioned them cannot have remembered that amber is comparatively a soft substance, consequently very li able to become scratched, and that the polish is easily worn off; they are also much more expensive than even pebbles, anal, as it appears to me, possess no advantage corresponding with their costs. For those reasons I entirely differ from those who have thought them preferable to Pebbles or Glass. Mr. Dolland, optician to his Majesty, and Fellow of the Royal Society, informs me that he considers amber a very improper material for Spectacles, on account of its colour, its not being homogeneous, its liability to scratches, and its being also im possible to form it into a perfect lense. On Thursday a little boy climbed upon the Kirkin tiiloch coach, lost his hold and fell, and the wheel of the coach having passed over his body, he wag so severely wound ed, that ha died on Thursday morning in the Royal Infirmary. ._Scots Times. MONEY and COMMERCIAL MARKET. ( From the Morning Papers of this day.) MORNING CHRONICLE.-This being settling day in the Fo reign Market, and many of the principal operators being ab sent, scarcely any otherbusiness than arranging accounts was transacted. In the early part of the day the different Secu rities were depressed, in consequence of its being a " Bull" Account, but towards the close of the day, when every thing was adjusted, the Market rallied considerably, especially Por tuguese Securities, which closed one per cent. higher than on Saturday ; but this was occasioned also by the arrival of the advices from Lisbon in reference to the swearing to the new Constitution on the part of the Queen, and the general am nesty which followed, which is regarded in a very favourable light at the Stock Exchange, as well as throughout the City generally, and expected to be the commencement of a more satisfactory and prosperous state of things in Por tugal. The Five per Cents. left off at thirty-one to one-half, and the Three per Cents. at 20:f to 214. Dutch Securities, which were expected to rise, in the anticipation of higher prices coming from Holland, were very flat ; for the quo tations from Amsterdam, on the contrary, were not o:,ly lower, but the market had been plentifully supplied with stock, and presented a good deal of uneasiness. To show to what extent the exertions of a certain powerful individual in Holland have been made with a view of keeping up this market, it is merely necessary to mention the fact that one of his brokers alone had to take stock to-day to the amount of 1,200,000 guilders, or 100,0001., which had been purchased by that gentleman within the last 10 or 14 days. The small sales on the part of the public continue notwithstanding, and the market is evidently weak. The Five per Cents. are 100 to ex. div., and the Two-and- a-half per Cents. 53i to 54k. Spanish securities I rallied immediately after the account was settled. Timiss.—A statement is current, that the Dutch Govern ment is about to create a new loan by subscription for 8,300,000 florins ; to be taken at par, and the interest to com mence from this month of April, while the instalments arc not to be paid up till September ; the interest to be 5 per cent. These continued loans by Holland, and during peace, ought to create a salutary distrust of them among European capi talists;and particularly those of this country, who hold already too large a stake in Dutch securities. Even if the resources of Holland were not, as is the case, already drawn upon to the utmost, by the enormous weight of existing debt, there is the circumstance to be considered, that these loans are very un popular with the States-General, who have shown great reluc tance to voting the supplies necessary for defraying the irite rest up:.n them. Even if relieved from the portion of the debt assigned to Belgium, of Is hich the prospect seems at pre sent remote and uncertain, Du:ci, stock is already at its full value in the general money market : to go now into new sub scriptions, in the midst of all this uncertainty, is a hazard from which prudent men should draw back. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a mag nificent entertainment at the Mansion-house. Amongst the guests we observed the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord and Lady John Somerset, Lord Dalmeny, Lord Dudley Stuart, the Bishop of Durham and Mrs. Maltby, the Bishops of Winches ter, Bangor, Llandaff, Ely, Ripon, and Norwich, Lord and Lady G)lehester, Lord Abinger, Mr. Justice Park, and Don D'Aguilar (the Spanish ambassador.) The usual loyal toasts having been drunk with enthusiasm, The LORD MAYOR proposed" The Navy and Army of the United Kingdom." Admiral ADAM returned thanks upon the part of the navy. Sir CHARLES DALBIAC, in the absence of Lord Hill, re turned thanks for the army. The LORD MAYOR then gave the health of the Marquis of Lansdowne and her Majesty's Ministers. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in the absence of his Noble Friend (Lord Melbourne), would say, that having frequently had the honour of partaking of the hospitality of the citizens and the chief Magistrate of London, he never had the honour of being present to share that hospitality at a more interesting period than at the present moment, in the first year of the reign of a Sovereign, of whom he might say, without flattery, that as far as she was personally concerned, that rein was full of hope and promise.—(Cheers.) He felt peculiarly gratified at being the guest of a chief magistrate on whom her Majesty had conferred a distinction so complimentary to him and to his fellow-citizens.—(Cheers.) His Lordship then proposed the health of the Lord Mayor. Tne LORD MAYOR was placed in a position of which he certainly might well be proud, surrounded as he was by so many exalted individuals He begged to mention an anecdote which related to himself. He had had an honour of which, he believed, but few could boast. On the day he became chief Magistrate it happened that on the very spot on which he had surrendered the city sword to her Majesty, he had, about thirty years before, had the konour of attending as one of the guard of honour in the London cavalry at the funeral of Lord Nelson. —( Cheers.) His Lordship then gave " The Foreign Ministers." The SPANISH AMBASSADOR returned thanks. --- The company, all of whom appeared to be highly gratified, began to retire at half-past eleven, but a great many remained, and dancing was afterwards commenced, ani continued to a late hour. LAW INTELIGENCE. ARCHES' COURT, APRIL 16. Yesterday being the first day of Term, the Ecclesiastical Court, Doctors' Commons, commenced their sittings. The Arches' Court was opened with the usual solemnities. Wm. Richard Franklin, Charles Pelly Lochner, and Frederick George Cox, Esqrs., were admitted as Procurators General Exercent in this Court. No other business of public import ance was transacted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Yesterday, a young ma❑ nen- cd Robert Cooper, was brought before Mr. Alderman BROWN, charged with burglariously entering the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, and stealing therein a purse, containing 41. 155., belonging to a guest, Mr. Steinthal, a Berlin merchant. James Heseltine, a constable of Cernhill Ward, stated that about four o'clock that morning, a watchman, hearing the door of an uninhabited house in Castle-court shut rather loudly, hastened to it, and heard footsteps going up the stairs. He placed another watchman at the door while he went to the watch-house to get a ladder, that he might enter the first-floor window, but before he could effect this an outcry of murder and thieves was raised at the George and Vulture Tavern, the prisoner having passed from the empty house to the attic of the tavern. Mr. Steinthal, awaking, found the prisoner examining his gold watch and chain, and he immediately rang a bell. 'The prisoner put down the watch, got through the attic window, and re-entered the empty house, on attempting to leave which he was captu•ed. Mr. Alderman BROWN, after hearing the statement of the watchmen, remanded the prisoner, that further evidence might be obtained. Michael Gan; a private in the 20th Regiment, now sta tioned at the Tower, was charged with assaulting with intent to commit a rape on a young woman about twenty years of age, named Ann Robinson, who went to the barracks to visit a cousin, who is a private in the same regiment. The complainant went to the Tower between one and two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and asked the prisoner if her cousin, Henry Butler, was there. The prisoner said he would endeavour to find him, and after leading her from one place to another he took her up to his bedroom, pretending he thought Butler might be there. We omit what transpired there, it being unfit for publication ; the accused, however, failed in his brutal intentions. He afterwards called in another soldier, who repeated the assault with no better success. The pri soner threatened to kill her, and the moro noise she made the worse he would use her. She screamed and called, but nobody came to her help. When she got away from him she missed her tippet, waist-ribbon, collar, and brooch, and, as she was crying at the door, a soldier asked what was the matter. She told him, and he asked her to show him the door of tho room. She did so, and the prisoner overhearing her came and kicked her down stairs. Some sergeants than interfered, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Sergeants M'Garvon and Bradfield, hearing the young woman had been ill•used, and had lost some articles, asked the prisoner about them. He denied that he had them ; but, on searching his room, they found the tippet and waist ribbon under his bolster, and the handkerchief in his pouch. The prisoner was committed for trial. BOW-STREET. Ann Smith and Anne Ilarrison were yesterday charged with stealing a quantity of linen, the property of Mr. William Murray, barrister, No. 3, Garden-court, Temple.—Committed. MARYLEBONE. For several months past numerous tradesmen at the west end of the town have been defrauded to a very considerable amount by a gang of persons, who have imposed upon them by means of forged checks. The police have received informa tion on many occasions, but it was unfortunately so limited that, with their utmost exertions, no clue could be obtained which could lead to their apprehension until a few days since, when Police Sergeant Elliott, No. 18, of the D division, suc ceeded in a pprehending a person named Thomas Keyan, who answered the description of one of the gang. The prisoner is, howevea, known to be a man named King, who for several years has lived with families of distinction, and amongst those mentioned were Sir John Morley, Sir Francis Mallet, and Sir Francis Lefroy, and it is supposed that he gained a knowledge of their signatures through the opportunities he had in their respective services, and which aided him in his nefarious schemes. It was, however, suggested that the prisoner was the tool of a more experienced party. The case excited con siderable interest, and when the prisoner was placed at the bar the Court was thronged by persons who had been de frauded by the prisoner or hit confederates. Mr. Druce, of 29, Weymouth-s•reet, Portland-place, was a butcher, and on Saturday afternoon last, the prisoner called and said that he lived with a f am ily a t N o . 4, George-street, Hanover-square, and asked witness if he would like to serve them ? Witness knowing the prisoner to have been in the service of Sir Francis Lefroy, he thought it would be a re spectable family, and said he should be happy to do so, and the prisoner suggested that the man should be sent to the hot se and take orders, which was done. The prisoner then ask ed . the witness to cash a c h ec k f or 151., an d witness entertain ng no suspicion at the moment, cashed it, and the prisoner left Shortly afterwards the man returned, and said it was all a hoax about the family wanting a butcher. Witness then sent to Messrs. Hankey, and presented the check, which was as fo!.. lows :-14th April, 1838. Messrs. Hauksy— P •s to Ms. F. Alber or bearer 151. Thomas Alber ;" but when it was pro duced at the sank, it was ascertained that no such person bad any account there. Having learnt that the prisoner occa sionally lodged with his father, at No. 22, Grosvenor-market,- witness went there with Sergeant Elliott, and found the pmry soncr, who struggled and endeavoured to get away, o ing, " What a fool you are Druce," but he wa s secured by the officer. Several other tdadesmen were present, ready to prove similar cases, but the case was adjourned, and the prisoner,. 0 1 ° d e " e.med saying anything in his defence, was remanded. Q UEEN-SQUARE. Mr. Moran, inspector of the B division of police, yesterday' applied to Mr. Gregorie, the presiding Magistrate, for his ad vice under the following extraordinary and melancholy cir cumstances :—About two o'clock on Sunday, the inspector who was on duty was informed that a man was lying In a house of ill fame, in New Way-court, Westminster, and that two females of loose habits, who were occupiers of the room, were absent, and had not been seen that day. Fowler, an active officer of the B division, was immediately sent, and on entering the place he found a man sitting upon the bed, leaning his head against the wall, and apparently 11.1,-less. His tiowsers' pockets were inside out, and his coat, vo.aist coat and hat were gone. The constable communicated . the intelligence to Mr. Moran, and he ordered that he Biwa- a be put to bed and kept very warm. In about an hour he par- - tially recovered, and at seven at night he was considered w.' l l) enough to be taken to his brother, who resides in Strutton— ground. He could give no account of how he came in the• room, nor did he even know where he was. Ile wes evi dently in a state of stupefaction, and complained dreadfully of sickness and drowsiness, and at one o'clock yesterday morn ing died. It was ascertained that his name was Eastwood , and that he was servant to a gentleman named Clare, residing in Nelson-square, Blackfriar's-road. He had left there in good health at about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, and had .5/. and some silver in his possession at that time. The most vigilant inquiries were instituted, and it was discovered that the deceased, or a man closely answering his description , had been drinking with one of the women who occupied the room in which he "as found, and that a man was also with them at that time. On going again to the house in New Way-court this man was comfortably seated there, with one or both of the women, and, as our reporter understood, admitted that he had been drinking with the deceased on SatufdaY Light. The women declared that they knew nothing about it, but could not account for how he became possessed of the^ key which was necessary for admission to the apartment. Under these circumstances the three persons were brought to this office, the general opinion being that some person had administered dugs to him for the better opportunity of rob bing him. Mr. GREGORIE, after a long conversation with the officer, which was conducted in an under-tone, gave orders that the persons should be detained until the body of the unfortunate man had been opened, and the result of the Coroner's Inquest known. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Francis Banks, aged fifteen years, and Willia m Tyrrell, a miserable-looking ' decrepid old man, whose wrinkled countenance and peculiar obliquity of vision gave him a most unnatural appearance, were placed at the bar, before M. RonErts, the former charged with having stolen a quart pot, and the latter with having feloniously received the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Thomas Harris, of No. 19, Church-lane, St. Giles's , stated that the prisoner Barks was his brother-in-law. Oa Friday night last he sent to the Robin Hood public-hous e for a pot of beer, which was brought is a pewter quar t pot. On the following morning he missed it, and suspecting Banks, he questioned him, when he confessed having stolen the pot, and selling it to the prisoner, Tyrrell, for two-pence. and that he had been encouraged by him to steal pots and bring them to him at two-pence each. Witness proceede d with the boy to Tyrrell's lodging, on entering which, .in a cull' firied room at the upper part of the house, he found hiva in the act of skinning cats, and six of them, with the skins otT were lying on the floor quite warm, as if they had been s kinned alive. Witness questioned the prisoner, and :he said that h e had taken the pot to the Robin Hood, and he gave both th e prisoners into custody. The witness added that the room wa s ' evcred with blood, and the stink and appearance of the pi a ` were horrible. Mr. ROGERS asked the prisoner ( Banks) what he had to say Banks (cry ing)—l took the pot and he (Tyrrell) told me if could bring him pewter pots he would buy them of me. Sergeant Campbell (E division), said the prisoner was in the habit of encouraging boys to go about and steal pots, In' he would melt them down to sell them. He was a notor ious catskinner, and he skinned the cats nearly alive to render the skins more valuable. awhat Mr. ROGERS (evidently disgusted and indignantly')—What a wretched fellow ! He is a brute. Where does the wretch live ? Harris—At No. 2, Church-lane, St. Giles's. Mr. Docks, an Overseer of St. Giles's parish, who " 5 present, knew the prisoner, who was a shocking character He had deserted his wife, who was in the workhouse. Mr. ROGERS—I never heard of a more villainous brute i ° all my experience. He asked him what he had to say. Tyrrell—l buy pots at 2d. each. Mr. ROGERS expressed his desire to punish him for tile stealing and skinning. Mr. Mallett said the Act of Prila mcnt alluded to a dog, beast, or other brute. Mr. ROGERS ordered Banks, the boy, to be made a witness of, and he Has taken from the bar and sworn, when he proved that the prisoner had enticed him to steal the pot, and he bought it for 2d. The witness took it from Harris's room. Police constable 25 E proved having taken the pri soner into custody. Mr. ROGERS again said that the prisoner was one of the meat horrid wretches that be ever heard of in the whole course of his life, and he fully committed him for trial for having received the pot, knowing it to be stolen ; and he severely lectured the boy Banks for the impropriety of his conduct. SYDENHAM COLLEGE.—At the public distribution of I.ociours in this College, on Saturday, April 14th, first rank cei tificates were awarded to Mr. James Henry Butler, of Lon don ; Joseph Chapman, of Blunderstone, Suflolk ; Denton,. of Tottenham ; Charles Evans, of Derby ; Philip Hubbert, 01 Horncastle, Lincolnshire ; Henry Lang, of Sheffield House:, Kensington ; James Nance, of Portsmouth ; Henry Sharp, of Copp, Lancashire ; and John Turner, of Manchester. An advertisement appeared in our paper of the 9th inst., calling into question the merits of the Patent Mob° . Spectacles, which have been so highly recommended for their preservative and assisting qualities for defective vision, by 111 ,,, e °l3 of the highest character and professional reputation. It t names of Messrs. Dolland and Curtis being used, it is r i g' t that the public should be apprised of the ascertained fact , ths i , it owes its insertion not to the sanction or even knowledge ° those gentlemen, but to the personal pique of interested in dividuals. " NOURMAHAL, THE LIGHT OF THE HAREM". —Mr. Quin has disclosed a captivating field of fiction in 1 1 romance of " Nourmahal," The scene opens in Tartary, is successively transferred to Hindostan during the period of its impei jai splendour, to the Himalayan mountains, and t o the lwely7vallies of Cashmere, so celebrated in the songs of the Oriental poet>. The story is supposed to be recited by a nal live of Cashmere. It never for a moment flags in interest , an d abounds in all the graces of a popular, highly picturesque , an eloquent style. - - - - T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Corn London ( Seven Door s f r om G ra c ec hurch-street), informs theP ubli , that he offers SILVER WATCHES, on the celebrated PATE?' II L E VER CONSTRUCTION (the most accurate on which a lo de can be made), for SIX GUINEAS EACH, with the latest it . '" provements, i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamelled dial, and maintain ing power to continua going while winding up. N.B.—lf in Hunting Cases, 10s. 6d. extra.—Seeend-h a- Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., of a daughter, the wife of Mr. Colnaghi, Mall East. On the 14th inst., in Great Ru sse ll- s t ree t, Bl ooms bury, 01 ' Benjamin Ferry, jun., of a daughter. 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